Edward j



(N0 Model.)

B. J. MAJOR.

FENCE POST.

Patented "Nov? 21(1'882.

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UNrTED STATES EDWARD J. MAJOR, or MONTREAL, uEBEo, CANADA.

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FENCE-POST.

, SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 267,701, dated November 21, 188

Application filed June 17, 1882. (No model.) Patented in Canada one 5, 1882, No. 14,916.

I all whom'tt may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD JAMES MAJOR,

' of the city of Montreal, in the District of Montreal, and Province of Quebec, Canada, have t invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fence-Posts; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact descriptionv of the same.

My invention has reference to the class of metal posts specially designed to carry wire fencing,'which are now, in order to give them the necessary hold in the ground, usually provided with wings or flanges made separate .from and secured totheir lower ends. This, besides making them more costly, adds considerably to their weight and the consequent difficulty of their transportation. Again, the devices for securing the wire to such posts, after having been strained across them, consistin g, as they do generally, of loose collars corresponding in section to the post, dropped over it and fixed in place, are not only expensive, but take long to adjust and are easily knocked out of place.

To obviate these disadvantages and produce a post at once light, cheap, and easilydriven into place and firm in the ground, and provided with simple means by which the wire can be secured thereto, is the object of my invention.

My post may be described as consisting of a strip of iron of suitable width and thickness, rolled or otherwise bent to the section desired, whether of a single or compound curve, or with angles, and having one or more surfaces, plane or otherwise, which will serve as meeting surfaces for iron of corresponding section. The, lower end of this strip will be pointed. Tothis strip of iron I secure, by rivets or pins, and either at its lower end or at the earth-level, or both, short strips exactly corresponding in section to the length to which they are secured, thus forming atthese points tubes in which the earth is held. In the face of this post, which will be in a line with the fencin g, I form apertures correspondingto the number of longitudinals, and immediately below their several positions. Through these apertures I introduce, when the wire has been strained across the face of the post, the long arm of a bent:

iron, the short end of which will, when the iron is pressed inward and held, grip the wire and hold it against the face of the post. In the longarm of this fastener 1 form a slot, through which. is passed a cotter-pin, which, when duly spread, secures the fastening in place and against disturbance.

The cotter may be dispensed with by making the fastener its elf of soft iron and splitting the long end, so thatwhen it is passed through the opening it may be secured by simply turning the ends outward by a cold-chisel; or thefastener itself may be made of spring metal in the form of a cotter-pin, the ends of which will spread of themselves on passing 6 through the aperture'in the post.

For full comprehension of my invention reference must be had to the annexed drawings, in which- Figures 1 and 2 show sections of post; Fig. 3, a view of post in ground; Fig. 4, apart side view of post; Fig. 5, a detail of fastener; and Figs. 6, 7, and 8, modifications of same.

Similarletters of referenceindicatelike parts.

Ais the mainpost, made of iron, as described, and of some such section as that shown in Fig. 1, with one or more surfaces, 00 a, and pointed at the bottom. Although this figure shows a section which will be found very suitable for the purpose, it must be understood that I do not confine myselt' to it, as that shown in Fig. 2, or one with angles, may be used to meet differin g requirements.

B is a length of-iron, in section exactly cor responding to the main post, reversed so as to leave a space between them, and secured togetherbypins,rivets,&c. Oisasimilarlength, pointed or not, as may be desired, secured to the main post at the ground-level in the same way. In Figs. 3 and athe main post Ais shown as provided with both these pieces; but it is obvious that either may be used. The edect of this is that while the post can be very easily driven into the ground the earth held between the two portions will give it all the firmness in the ground of a solid post. p

d cl are the apertures formedin A, through whidh the fasteners Earepassfed to hold the wire F. The fastener E is made with turnedup or bent-over end E, and with slot eformed 10o in its long" arm, through which is passed, as shown in Fig. 5, the cotter-pin G,securing it in place.

E E are the split turned-out ends of E, when constructed as shown in Figs. 6, 7, or 8.

It is obvious that this device can be very easily handled and-put in place, and that when secured the wire cannot be disturbed. Again, as the several posts, with their supplementary pieces, can lie in each other, their packing for transportation is much facilitated.

What I claim is as follows: I

A fence-post the main, body of which is formed of a single strip of iron, bent in its crosssection, and having at the point or points desired, at or below the surface of the earth into which it is to be placed, one 01" more short pieces of iron of similar cross-section fastened or riveted to such post, so as to leave a tubular space between the post and piece, all substantially as shown and described, and for the purposes set forth.

EDWARD JAMES MAJOR. Witnesses:

FRAS. HY. REYNOLDS, OWEN N. EVANS. 

